this is the only game im having trouble drivers I will need to get before I install Vista? coz it has a lousy 16bit installer on my old cd i bought in 1998. Has there been a repack of it since like the sold out software version of tomb raider 1-4? i notice on ebay there are versions that are packed in the modern dvd cases we get now instead of the cd jewel cases like i have with my current copy.
View 4 RepliesI have this one old game,Star Wars Jedi Knight Dark Forces II..I decided to try if the game would work on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5520),but it doesn't work correctly at all.The installation progress went just fine. Then I started the game and the intro movie worked well,however,when I got to the main menu,the screen was all black! I could hear the sounds and I could see the cursor,but nothing else.I tried this Alt +Tab trick and thank goodness, it worked.Now I could see the menu and such.Then I tried to start a new game. The small movie clip played without any problems and then it loaded the level for me. Well,the screen was okay and all that, but when I press Esc, the screen is again all black.The Alt+Tab trick worked again here.Goody.So question number one is, is there any sort of way how I can get rid of those black screens?
Not to mention, but using the Alt + Tab trick always is pretty annoying. Edit: Well, no more black screens. Goody! (This is because I did the "GUI windowed" thingy.) However, now that I did that, I have another problem with it.. Blinking edges. (Or whatever that... "Edge" is called. ^^; Edit 2: Yay! Now the edge is gone for good. See my post down below if you're interested.................
I have Windows Vista Home Basic. I installed one of my favorite star wars games(star wars addicted) everything went great. But when I run it gets fun: I get a black screen, I can see my cursor and hear the sound. But I don't see the menu And when I click on something it shuts down the game. I also tried to run it in compatibility mode but that doesn't work either. I also tried to change the resolution but that doesn't help anything.
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How is this possible? Suffice to say this machine is absolutely stable hardware-wise .....
It might not be the most popular operating system with civilians, but that?s not stopping the U.S. Department of Defense from embracing Windows Vista.Military IT technicians on Friday will start the process of upgrading about 30,000 personal computers used by Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine personnel on the Korean peninsula from Windows XP to Windows Vista, according to an official military publication. I guess I must have been blind when I say Vista machines on a USAF base.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedSo whenever I turn on the system, after I run a few light aplications, like Internet Explorer or PC Wizard for example, the screen turns dark for 2 seconds, and the error message: "igfx display driver has stopped responding and was successfully recovered" pops up. This may happen once every 30 minutes or even around 5 times in 20 Seconds, resulting in a blue screen of death. The latest driver which is currently installed for the Intel chipset is 15.13.6.64.1908 (7.15.10.1908) which seems to be causing the problems. This driver is also unsigned by microsoft, but is the most current driver to date (pcd5srvc_x64.pkms, igfxcoin_v1908.dll, and igdkmd64.sys comes up as unsigned in sigverif.exe). I uninstall this driver through Hardware Manager, but the current driver then goes down to (6.0.6001.18000). Even though this old driver is stable, my resolution is horrible and websites with picture intensive pages lag and flash like crazy. I've been searching the internet all night with this problem, and this is my last resort for an answer. I don't know what else to do. I can't even find a lower driver version for this chipset on Intel's support page.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI bought vista about 6 months ago, I installed it and everything runs OK. Now i want to have XP AND Vista on the same HDD. I know thats possible with disk partition and i did that but the problem is that i can go further with the installation of my XP home. When i start the installation of XP (press Enter to install XP etc) it asks me to choose a partition, i choose the one i made earlier (25GB of total size). It loads the necesary drivers and it says press enter to reboot(or wait 15 secs to reboot automaticaly). Ok here starts my problem: It reboots, but then i see only a runner and nothing more. ( _ )
i wait for about 5 minutes and it still does nothing, and i dont know what to do. I am forced to fix startup with the Vista installation disk but my XP is not installed. I have searched the bloody web (STFW) and i found nothing, only some data i already knew.You are my last chanse guys. I love XP as much as i love Vista but there is there a way have both OSs without problems?
says you can boot from CD to install Vista 64 however the previous operating system must not be removed prior to install. In my system Win 2k is on a different hard drive than the one I'm installing to. When I start the install process, on the screen where you select the custom option, it says that upgrade is disabled. I assume this means it did not detect my previous OS? I did not continue from this point.
I can install my Win 2k on the hard drive where I wish to install Vista. In the past however, when I had the previous OS on the C: drive and I installed Vista on the same drive Vista would end up on the next available drive letter (i.e. E. Nothing really wrong with this but it's kind of awkward and can't be changed later).
I downloaded Service Pack 1 from the Microsoft website. The installation has gone smoothly up until this point.The screen is stuck on "Installing Service Pack: Stage 3 of 3 - 0% complete. Do not turn off the computer." It's been like this for easily over 2 hours now. It's obvious that it's not doing anything.I just need to know what to do. Do I just power it off? Use some kind of button combination? Or should I just yell at it some more?
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how long should it take to uninstall and when i re-install it if it still doesn't work what steps should i take. i know the basics but am not overly computer savvy....am getting frustrated with not being able to use the program.
I'll try to install vista ultimate 32 bit in another partition, using partition magic, ok the deal is if i want to uninstall vista ultimate in a future date, how can i fix the MBR? with win XP i used to use fix mbr but dunno with vista :S i'm a newbie with it
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI downloaded Vista SP2 (Full Package) off Microsoft's site but when I try to install it it get's stuck about half way through and just sits there with no progress for well over a hour. I have been keeping windows updated. My OS is Vista Ultimate 34-bit.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWinamp has a few problems with Vista at the moment and if you install with the normal options then when start you will get an error message.
This is due to the Sonic CD Burning/Ripping part of winamp. So when installing make sure to disable this part from the installable options and it will solve the problem.
Do you suggest just waiting until all the problems are resolved? [url] For Windows Vista Support
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI've just been offered Windows SP2 via my Windows Update manager. My history on this computer is excellent with regards to updates so I'm inclined to have this update installed. Everything regarding updates is current except for IE-8. My one reservation is that I've declined to update IE-8 in the recent past as I'm a Firefox user and I've seen all the traffic about how cloggy IE has been for some. I tried finding out if Vista SP2 includes IE-8 but am having no luck. Can someone tell me if Vista SP2 includes IE-8? And if so, is there a way to download SP2 but choose not to have IE-8 included.
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